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Uniortunately photographa taken are too dark becauee of poor lighting under the denae vegetation in the narrow canyons. Several years ago pale~flood inveatigation were made in e number of Rampart Range stream channela north af Fountain Creek that are tributary to Monument Creek; theee results are also summari2ad here. Onsite Paleoflood Investigation~ Camn Creek Camp Creek ~oins Fountain Creek at an elevation of about 6,100 feet, however investigations Qtarted at the east road into Garden of the Goda at an elevetion of 6,350 feet. The drainage area here is estimated (so noted if visually estimated from topographic mape) to be 10 ~quare miles. Most expoaed eteep slopea at this elevation and lower have e~tensive rill and gully eroeion indicating intense rain is ~mmon. Scoured and unvegetated banks indicate a recent (.within the laet 2 t~ 3 years) flow with a width of 15 feet and depth of 3 feet indicating a recent pealc dischax~e of about 450 cubic feet per second. Flood terraces from a maximum f:Lood are about 100 feet apart and their tope are about S feet ebove ~he gtreambed euggesting a maximum peak discharge of 5,0@0 cubic feet per second. Upstream from Glen Eyrie, at an elevation 6,550 feet, the channel ahowa evidence ot recent flooding as well ae large boulder bars from older floods. The channel contains many rounded and polished boulders up to 2 feet in diame~er that have been moved by floods. Flc~od debris ie lo~ged upstream from obatructions. There is no moss or lichen growin~ within 3 feet of thz st•reambed. This basin has gret potential for detailed paleohydrologir investigation as it is virtually undisturbed and haa unique palz~~flood ~eposits (02 the largesots floods in the study area). About 1/4 mile upstream fr~~m Glen Eyrie, the canyon conctricts to about 30 feet and the etreambr~d is scoured from wall to wal.l. At an elevation of 6,700 feet floo~ debris, tree scars, indicat~ a medium flood (about 25 years years ago) of about 3 foot depth. The channel Width averagea 30 feet. Assuming a mean flood velocity of le~ f'eet per second, the flood discharge was about 900 cubic feet per second. At several locations, although moet predominant at an elevation of 6,750 feet, both banks have a 50 foot long and 20 foot wide flood bars. The bar is covered with many large boulders and ~;ts top is about 10 feet above the bedrock atreambed. The width of tYie channel is 4O feet. Aseuming a mean flood velocity of 10 feet per sEacond, the rlood that deposited these sediments had a peak discharge of approximately 4000 cubic feet per second. The boulders on the flood bar were nearly completely covered with lichen and moes (as were the bedrock valley walls above the top of the flood bar). There were several large apruce trees (which generally start growing shortly after the flood) with diametere of 4 feet growing on top of the flood bars. It is estimated that these trees probably are 200 to 250 years old. There is no other higher flood deposits along thea channel. Because of the remoteness of this basin, time did not allow hiking up .S'.